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1994–95 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City F.C.
1994–95 season
Chairman Jack Wiseman
Manager Barry Fry
Ground St Andrew's
Division Two 1st (promoted)
FA Cup Third round
(eliminated by Liverpool)
League Cup Second round
(eliminated by Blackburn Rovers)
Football League Trophy Winners
Top goalscorer League: Steve Claridge (20)
All: Steve Claridge (25)
Highest home attendance 25,581 vs Brentford, Division Two, 26 April 1995
Lowest home attendance 9,847 vs Shrewsbury Town, League Cup 1st round replay, 23 August 1994
Average home league attendance 16,941

The 1994–95 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 92nd in the Football League and their fourth in the third tier of English football, Division Two, to which they were relegated in 1993–94. They finished in first position in the 24-team division, so were promoted straight back to Division One for 1995–96. They entered the 1994–95 FA Cup in the first round, losing in the third round to Premier League club Liverpool in a penalty shootout in which they failed to convert a single penalty. They entered the League Cup in the first round and lost to Blackburn Rovers in the second. They won the Football League Trophy for the second time in four attempts, defeating Carlisle United at Wembley in front of a crowd of 76,663 with the first golden goal to determine a major English competition.

The club's top scorer was Steve Claridge with 20 league goals and 25 in all competitions. Goalkeeper Ian Bennett missed only one match of the 63 played in all competitions, the first round of the Football League Trophy, in which his replacement Ryan Price made his only competitive first-team appearance for Birmingham.


Note that goals scored took precedence over goal difference as a tiebreaker in the Football League.


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